collective. Nonsense, rubbish; humbug, deception.

Humbug, deception; flattery, ‘blarney’.

all my eye: = stuff and nonsense at stuff, n.1 8b (now somewhat archaic); (also in same sense) †all in the eye (obsolete). Also with fanciful…

Talk which aims to flatter or cajole; insincere talk, humbug; blarney. Cf. bother, v. 5, bothering, n. 2. Obsolete.

Deception, pretence, sham; used interjectionally = ‘stuff and nonsense!’.

Pretentious falsehood, ‘humbug’.

in U.S. use (see above). Political speaking or action not from conviction, but in order to gain the favour of electors, or make a show of…

Deceptive humbug.

More generally: empty talk; humbug, nonsense, rubbish. Cf. hogwash, n. 3.

Nonsense, exaggeration; insincerity; fraud, trickery. Also occasionally as int.

Nonsense, humbug; something fraudulent or fake. Also as int.

figurative. Something that is superficially attractive but has no real value or integrity; something insubstantial or trifling.